Coming from Azarashi and made for the Kyosho Optima 2016 are front and rear CVD driveshafts. Constructed from high-quality spring steel and being of a rebuildable design the driveshafts also use C-clip drive pin retainers for improved durability and security. The 61mm driveshafts are sold as pairs and they are usable both in the front and the rear of Kyosho’s re-release buggy.
Source: Azarashi [team-azarashi.com]
Available now from Serpent is a new range of shock springs specially made for the Cobra SRX8 buggy. Made from a new spring steel material, coming with a different surface treatment and less springs compared to the previous ones the springs will up the on-track performance of the buggy and they are also usable on the older Cobra 811 as well as other brand buggies. The springs come as colour-coded 4.5lbs to 5.5lbs front and 3.0lbs to 4.0lbs rear variant and they are also available in two combo packages containing all six front or all six rear springs.
Xray is busy teasing their forthcoming 2017 kits with the latest being the ’17 edition of their popular T4 1/10th 4WD touring car. No details are known yet nor is an official release date but expect more information to surface shortly.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 1st Annual Full Throttle Championships were hosted by Banana Raceway in Richardson, Texas. The Touring Modified class was won by current ROAR Carpet National Champion, Chris Adams, who took the opening two A-mains while Christian Tabush came out fastest the third, handing him the overall runner-up spot. Kyle Klingfurth, who had a mixed A-mains with an 8th, 4th and 2nd place, rounded out the podium in third.
The recent German Electric On-road Nationals saw Maximilian Stähle walking away with the Junior Stock class title. The Modified class Senior title went to veteran race Uwe Reimers while the Stock class Senior title was taken by Bernhard Böhm.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 8th Annual Ready to Run Raceway Summer Challenge Trophy Race and Enduro was hosted by the Ready to Run Raceway club in scenic Vancouver, Canada. The track was just five minutes away from the Vancouver International Airport making it very accessible out of town participants looking for fun, close and exciting racing. As pre-entries came in, the Summer Challenge was shaping up to be the largest outdoor on-road event in Canada of 2016, and those entries did not disappoint as RRR set a new high in 2016. A special element to this event is the amount of track time for all racers. Saturday was open practice for Electric and Nitro followed by three rounds of qualifying, additional practice and single mains for all Electric and Nitro classes with just one bump spot per main.
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The recent Zolder Race in Belgium saw Kristof Dehert walking away with the win in the four 6-minute 2WD A-main events. Starting from the 2 spot, Kristof was able to secure one win and two second places to finish the day on the top spot from Nik Weyers and Tom Buekers in second and third respectively. In the 4WD class, Eric Michiels took the win from Gunther Lambrechts and Patrick Lievens.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Modify have introduced their new Superior 64 pitch aluminium pinion gears. Machined from aircraft-grade 7075 aluminium and coming hard-anodised for wear the pinions are available in 25T to 50T sizes. Included is also a 3mm mounting grub screw.
Source: Modify [modifyrc.com]
